The measure also seeks to curb a practice of filing dozens of patents on drugs to forestall competition from generic drugs and biosimilars by restricting the number of patents that patent holders can contest. It’s an effort to address a tactic the courts haven’t been willing to curb: AbbVie recently won a legal challenge that accused the company of using a patent thicket to maintain a monopoly on the blockbuster drug Humira years after its basic patent expired. Humira, which treats inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, will face biosimilar competition for the first time this year. Its basic patent expired in 2016.

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Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that Guyana’s health care professionals would soon be able conduct diagnosis remotely. He also told the National Assembly that 1,000 nurses would be trained this year and 1,000 Guyanese would receive hearing aids free of cost on top of the 500 that were provided with those devices ...

A monthly EC$500 honorarium will be paid to nurses for the fiscal year of 2023, an olive branch from Government to deter a mass exodus of nurses

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AbbVie, which for years has fought off competition for its blockbuster autoimmune drug Humira — the world’s top-selling medicine before Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine hit the market — has been the target of congressional hearings and legislation aimed at so-called patent thickets that can stall rival products.

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